death penalty; capital punishment
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
final; eventual; ultimate
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
suggestion; hint; implication
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down